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A History of Light and Colour Measurement
Science in the Shadows
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Judging the brightness and colour of light has long been contentious. This is a history of the hidden workings of physical science - a technical endeavour embedded in a social context. It argues that this "undisciplined" subject may be typical not only of 20th-century science, but of its future.
Subject categories
- Academic > Physics > Radiation physics General > Color
- Academic > Physics > Radiation physics General > Color; History
- Academic > Physics > Optics. Light > Microphotometry
- Academic > Physics > General > Physical measurements
- Academic > Physics > General > Nobel Prizes; History
- Academic > Physics > Physics
- Science > History
ISBNs
1420034774
9780750307543
9781420034776